“As for the black mamba, both the green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps) and the black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) were ...

The black mamba, one of the world’s most feared snakes, can strike multiple times ... America’s Amazon and Orinoco basins. Their olive-green bodies, dotted with black patches, provide perfect ...

Could Black Mamba Snake Venom Replace Morphine? Could Black Mamba Snake Venom Replace Morphine?

Known for its speed and potent venom, the Black Mamba is one of the world’s most feared snakes. Bites can be fatal if untreated. Smaller in size, the Green Mamba is often found in trees and is ...

Bio-Ken Snake farm manager Boniface Momanyi extracts Venom from a green mamba. (Jenipher Wachie, Standard) He feeds spitting cobras, handles puff udders, and helps black mambas reproduce.

In between the rain and the sunshine, snake catcher Sarel van der Merwe has been a busy man of late. In the last month, Sarel has travelled miles to rescue the most deadly of snakes – the black mamba.

He thanked the fencing team for calling rather than killing the snake. For helping too. During the rescue Evans was wearing the new African Snakebite Institute’s black mamba shirts which he said ...